여순반란 사건 상황

XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #162 PART I C. Civil Unrest a. Constabulary Mutiny The rioting in southern CHOLLA NAMDO began at about 200200 October when approximately 40 enlisted men of a battalion of the 14th Regiment of the Constabulary mutinied under the leadership of a non-commissioned officer at YOSU (1070-1300), prior to or while being loaded to move to CHEJU DO. The mutineers, joined by an undetermined number of civilians, attacked police and railroad police in YOSU. (B-2) A group of some 35 Constabulary Military Police, police and Coast Guards-.ash, under the command of the 5th Brigade Chief of Staff, attacked one group of mutineers but were forced to withdraw to a boat in the harbor. The rebels, whose strength had increased to between 400 and 500, commandeered a train at YOSU and arrived in SUNCHON (1040-1320) at 200930 October. There they attacked the railroad station and engaged in a firefight with the railroad police. Provincial police and one company of the 4th Regiment, dispatched from KWANGJU (990-1350), engaged the rioters in SUNCHON; no further reports have been received concerning this company. Two other companies dispatched from KWANGJU took up positions outside of SUNCHON but returned at night to KWANGJU. Fighting was still in progress in SUNCHON during the night of 20-21 October (B-2),and the strength of the rebel groups was estimated to be 2400. During the afternoon of 20 October an estimated 1000 rioters moved north in the direction of NAMWON (1010-1380). A battalion of the 3d Regiment was committed against this force, south of NAMWON, at 401/45 October. (b-2)